Garden furniture



Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,545,552 PATENT OFFICE.

GOULD M; CROSBY, OF VIEW, MASSACHUSETTS.

1 i i, GARDEN FURNITURE.

Application filed October 15, 1924. Serial No. 743,710.

I and useful Improvements in Garden Furniture; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. i

The present invention relates to garden furniture and more particularlyto a new and novel type of wheeled garden seat and itsmethod ofconstruction.

The object of the present invention is to provide. a garden seat of anew and improved form which is adapted to'be shlpped 1n disassembledform and; erected by the purchaser. j I

With this and other objects 1n view, the various features oftheinvention consist 1n certain novel features ofconstruction,coinbinations and arrangements of parts herein after described andclaimed, the advantages of which willbe obvious. to those skilled in theart from the following description;

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of theinvention, 1 represents a perspective view of a garden seat embodyingthe features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan viewillustrating the method of rigidly connecting the seat portion to thefront and back ortions and the mounting of the wheel;

ig. 3 is a section in elevation'of; the seat uponthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1;Fig. 4 1s a fragmentary viewillustrating a methodof connecting the armsto the front andback portions of the seat; and Fig. 5. is a similar Viewillustrating the double mortise'joints for 1nterlocking the various.supportingmembers at the four corners of theseat.

The improved form of seat shown in the illustrated embodiment of theinvention comprises generall a set'tee which may be of any suitabledesign or having any deslred ornamentationthereon. The front and backportions of the settee are provided with longitudinally extending shaftspositioned slightly below the seatlevel and extending beyond the setteeat opposite'ends. .At one end, the two shafts are provided with deendingbearing members between which are ournaled awheel for transporting. thesettee. The journal bearing for the wheelis located substantially belowthe shafts and the wheel is of such diameter that when the I setteerests upon the ground the lower portion of theperiphery of the wheel isslightly elevated therefrom. The shaft projections at the opposite endof the settee terminate in handles for the purpose of elevating thesettee onto the wheel andtransporting it from place to place. This typeof construction is well suited for lawns, gardens, tennis courts andsimilar outdoor gathering] places i where an ornamental and comfortableseat is required. ,Ob-viously, by virtue of the wheel construction, thesettee may be easily moved to a point best suited for its location or'removed-to the protection'of a building M in stormy or winter weather.

Theconstruction of the seat is so designed that it may be transportedinitially in a compact, disassembled form and thereafter readily erectedby" the dealer or ultimate user with little skill and effort, thevarious parts of the seat when completely assembled being rigidlyinterlocked'with one another insuch a manner thattheseat willwithserious injury. 1

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the seat comprises generally aback portion havingcorner posts 10 and 'll'which are rigidly connectedbylongitudinal members 12 and 13 having theback slats 14 connectedtherebetween. As will be evident from an inspection of Figsul and 3, themembers 12 and 13 are mortised into the corner posts 10 and -11,'themortise receiving the upper member 12 being slightly tapered. With thisconstructiomby assembling the longitudinals with opposite ends of theslats received 1n grooves and thereafter assembling the longitudinals121and13 with the corner posts, the inclination of the-longitudinal12rlgidly locks the slats in place throughthe bending action thereon.Extending length- .wise of the. back portionbelow the longidle 23. Thefrontportion of the seat comprises front cornerposts 25 and 26 ofshorter length thant-he corner posts 10 and 11 rigid- 1y connected by alongitudinally extending shaft 28 projecting beyond the corner posts toform respectively a wheel bearing 30 and stand severe usage without,weakening or a handle, .31. Interposed between the front and backportions and connected thereto is a seat member comprising transverseend supports 35 and a central support 36. The three supports areconnected .to seat slats 38. As indicated clearly in the drawings, moreparticularly Figs. 2, 3 and 5 the seat portion is rigidly connected withthe front and back portions through a double mortise formed in thecorner posts. This double mortise is" shown more particularly in Fig. 5,the corner post 26 having a mortise slot ,4c0' whi'ch receives the shaft28' and a second i andshal'lower slot 42 therebeneath which receives atenon 43 formed on the end support'35; The interlocking joints are iden'tical on each of the 'four corner posts and upon opposite ends of thesupports 35. When" the various parts are in assembled position, 'as'indicated in Fig- 3, the end supports 35 are'l'ocated below the upperfaces of the longitudinal shafts and thefseat slats are at substantiallythe level of the shafts. In assembling the construction, a back portionand frontportion are assembled with a seat portion an'djthepartsfrigidly interlocked by through: bolts '50 which pass throughpreformed openings in the corner posts and shafts and are received inlon'git'u dinal slots 52' formed in the end supports. A through bolt. isprovided at each end of the seat and is locked by a nut 54'J1ocated atthe back ofthe rear corner post. WVith this construction, thethrough'bol'ts are re- 'cei'vedf in slots formed upon the inner faces ofthe endsupports and' thus substantially hidden from view. g

;'l"he*sea-t- 'is t'ran spor ted by means ofa wheel .60- having a hub'portion 62 journaled in depending. bearing plates 63 and 64, thebearing, as indicated being substantially below the front and rearshafts. The axle for the wheel extends completely through the rearbearing plate 63,'wl1ereas a cover plate 66 is attached to the frontbearing plateto cover the front end of the axle; Obviously, inassembling the seat, thewheel and axle are mounted between. the bearing.plates when the seatgp'ortionis assembled withthe front andback-portions. After assembling the front,v back and seat. portions,together withthewheel and axle, the seat'is comp'leted by mounting armrests '70" and 71, which, as indicated: clearly in Fig. 4", are receivedin mortises 7 2' formechin the rear corner posts and are locked? to theupper ends of the front corner posts by virtueof' nortises 76 formed inthe underside'of the arm rests. If so desired, the arm rests may bepermanently connected to the front and rear corner posts by bolts orscrew fastenings 75. From the foregoing description, it wil l 'beevident that the seatwhen" disassembled comprises essentially a backportion, a front portw'o' arm rests, together with two through form andreadilyjerected without necessitat ing any particular skill on the partof the erector'.- =It will be furthermore evident that the constructionis simplified, due to the fact that the front" and back shafts, thefront corner posts, the back corner posts, the arm rest-s, and the end?supports are all interchan eamer I While it is preferred to employ thespecific construction and arrangement I of parts shown and described, itwill be understood that this construction and arran em'ent is notessential except so far as specihed in the claims and may be changed ormodified without departing from the broader features of the invention. II

The invention having been described, what posts are resting thereon;

' 2. A "garden seat comprising supporting corner post's, seat memberconnected there'- to, shafts extending longitudinally of and below theseat member and projecting beyondjthecorner posts at opposite ends,hanjdles formed up'on'one end ofthe shafts, de-

pending bearing members mounted upon the opposite projecting, endsofthe' shafts, 'a

coverp1a'te mounted over: the front bearing member; and a wheel and axlejourna-led between the bearing members below thegshaftfs and with thewheel normally elevated above the ground when the" corner posts restthereon; I

l 32 garden seat vcomprising a bad? porti'on having oppositely disposedcorner posts,

'a shaft extending' l ongitudiiial ly of the'ba'ck portion andprojecting beyond opposite ends thereof, the sh'aftbeing rigidlyconnected to each of lthe'jcorner posts-through a mortise formed inf thepost, front corner posts, a second sh'aft'exten'ding longitudinally andrigidly connected .to the front" cornerpost's through a mortise formedin each post, a seat member 'haviiigjftransverse "end supports, each endsupport being received, at opposite ends n' a v portion" of the mortiseformed in the front and mm corner posts; means; for rigidly connectingthe front and back portions and seat" 'memberj together, bearing tion aseat portion, a wheelan'd" axle, and I ends of the shafts andai-wheel-a'nd axle members depending from the projecting journaledbetween the bearing members besides, a connecting bolt passing throughlow the projecting portions of the longitudifront and rear corner postsand received innal shafts at one side of the seat. the longitudinalrecess at each end of the 4. A garden seat comprising a back porseatmember to rigidly lock the front and 15 5 tion having oppositelydisposed corner posts, back portions and the seat member together,

a shaft extending longitudinally thereof and a Wheel and axle journaledbelow the shaft projecting at opposite ends, front corner extensions atone end, and handles formed posts, a shaft extending longitudinallythereupon the opposite ends of the extensions.

of and projecting at opposite ends, a'seat In testimony whereof I havesigned my 20 W member having transverse end supports proname to thisspecification.

vided with longitudinal recesses on the inner GOULD M. CROSBY.

